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  1. ChickenCanoe

    Anyone have a Buff Orpington lay at 15 weeks? I just did.

    There's your sign. When daylength is increasing vis a vis - hours of darkness, it is detected by the pineal gland in all animals stimulating the hormones that kick start production. By contrast, when days get shorter, it is a signal to stop production. That's why it took your pullets so much...
  2. ChickenCanoe

    Anyone have a Buff Orpington lay at 15 weeks? I just did.

    It is rare but this is the time of year till summer solstice that hens reach sexual maturity much sooner. What time of year did your 26week old birds start laying? I hear anecdotes of chickens of many breeds lay as early as that.
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